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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kilgore Trout (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hjalmar Soderberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kilgore Trout had a look across the ring there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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202 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kilgore Trout!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hjalmar Soderberg!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Valeri Chadov and Illya Tyunina.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trout just misses with a punch to the body.
Trout misses with a low kick.
Trout misses with a looping left.
Trout takes one on the button.
Trout darts in and clinches Soderberg up against the ropes.
Trout has a couple of punches blocked by Soderberg.
Soderberg is looking to break free of the clinch but Trout has double underhooks.
A body shot lands from Trout.
Trout throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Soderberg misses with a hook to the ribs.
Trout pushes off an throws an elbow but Soderberg leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Trout tries to land knees in the clinch but Soderberg avoids the damage to the body.
Soderberg cracks Trout with a nice body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Soderberg tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Trout's elbow.
Soderberg tries to work over Trout's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Soderberg pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Trout throws the kick towards the body but Soderberg avoids it.
Trout tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Soderberg throws the left hand but Trout avoids the punch easily.
Soderberg just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot by Trout.
Soderberg fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Trout is looking to clinch.
Trout misses with an uppercut
letting Soderberg counter with a right hand.
Trout thows a left - swing and a miss!
Soderberg throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Trout on the side of the head.
Kilgore Trout is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Trout keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Trout enables Soderberg to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Trout manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Soderberg pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Trout is keeping the position for now.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Trout is trying to keep Soderberg in close.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Trout being controlled here, momentarily.
Trout knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Soderberg on the ground.
Trout looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Soderberg thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Soderberg pushes down on Trout's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Soderberg is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Soderberg sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Trout wants to control but Soderberg is having none of it.
Soderberg can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Trout is looking to escape.
Trout is in all sorts of trouble here.
Soderberg has control of Trout's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Trout regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Trout tries to hold on but Soderberg postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soderberg trying to control but Trout is having none of it.
Soderberg is dominating on the ground here - he's now on his opponent's back, looking to sink in the hooks. Trout is in real trouble.
Well, with Soderberg on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before Trout is tapping out... Can he escape the position?
Soderberg is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Trout tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Soderberg tries to control but Trout wriggling away.
Soderberg seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Trout is holding on tight.
Trout can't escape the position.
Trout tries to buck Soderberg off but he can't manage it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trout tries to reverse the position but Soderberg maintains control.
Soderberg works his way to his opponent's back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Soderberg is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Soderberg is hanging on to Trout's back as he tries to escape.
Trout is working hard here to advance position.
Trout trying to control the hands but Soderberg won't let him.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Trout is trying to defend against the choke here but Soderberg has an arm under his chin. This one might not last much longer. Soderberg Tightens the hold and Trout taps out furiously! Soderberg displays superior BJJ to win the fight.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Hjalmar Soderberg!
Hjalmar Soderberg is the new light heavyweight champion!
Hjalmar Soderberg took some time post fight to say the following; 'Time to pass the torch, old man. Hate to finish you off like that while you're injured, but I hope you've learned your lesson, Kalaso.'.
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